Despite her disastrous pizza Kate got to stay in the competition for another week

The 46-year-old scientist from north London praised her wife of 17 years for her support during the competition, and for keeping her grounded when it became "overwhelming".

Yan struggled while making classic Sicilian cannoli in the signature challenge with her pastry offerings almost falling apart in judge Prue Leith's hands.

Her margherita pizza failed to impress during the technical challenge due to underbaked dough and in the tricky signature challenge - dubbed "pure murder" by Leith - Yan's batch of 24 sfogliatella, shell-shaped filled pastries from Campania didn't go down well either.

Yan said: "From the very moment I stepped into the tent, and started competing against so many great bakers, it really lifted my game.